come on in. [ male announcer ] it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. >>> welcome back. the tensions between russia and ukraine and the west, let's face it, have take an toll on the u.s. stock market as indeed they took a toll on the european markets this morning. the russian market was down 12%. you wonder, michelle, whether anybody wants to be long this market going into the evening just because of the unpredictabili unpredictability. >> we weren't sure if there were going to be shots fired at some point. we had these conflicting reports where ukrainian officials said they had been given an ultimatum and the russians said we did not give them an ultimatum. it looked like it we might see some sort of military face-off. >> as the crisis in ukraine continued to escalate, the european union said that the group's 28 leaders would hold an emergency summit on the matter this thursday. >> that will solve everything. sort of military intervention, are there any sanctions or punishments that would get the attention of russian president vladimir putin or does not he not worry abo